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Dammit, now I'll never know what crime the main girl was put away for. Chaika: The Coffin Princess 4 Please Twins! 4

No word on Gotham? BOOOOOOOOOOOO.

You mean Two Car?

Dorei-ku The Animation 1

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Evil or Live 9

OH BOY I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF HOPING IT IS.

Initial D: Fourth Stage 4

So did Gurren Lagann, but that didn't stop Toonami from picking it up. Plus the Blu-Ray's coming out soon, so 00 replacing IBO could make for a sensible promotion.

I've still only seen season 1 of DxD, but I may watch it in the future once I get done with everything else DxD related. Yes, even BorN. I remember back when the whole "Scott Freeman jailed and blacklisted" thing was all new and took various digs at it in my Trunks thread comments for Michiko and Hatchin. Such a shame, too, Scott really nailed it in his role as Shinsuke.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Re:ZERO, and Freezing.

At the beginning, TOM mentioned a nebula that went by the name "Kuroneko". Clearly coincidental, but I still thought of Oreimo upon hearing it.

Steve Blum's voice and accidental Oreimo references make all the difference, don't they?

Joker Game 2

Not gonna argue this, but Akame would be worth a watch if they really like making fun of that sort of show, especially if they're playing the game where they down a shot every time someone says "Trump Card".

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Those of us from ye olde ASMB days know full well that the programming department is handled by monkeys.

Time for a couple announcements, then.

And I'm supposed to care... why?

One Outs 3

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DRAGONBALL SUPER - I'll confess; I completely forgot about Zamasu raiding Zuno's homeworld. Zamasu is not pleased with your rattling off the specifics. GREEN KAI DON'T FUCK AROUND. Cockroaches can only live for one year? How fascinating... Goku's fightboner is apparently still at maximum. Calm your tits, Bulma. This arc has way too many lines for the racists to use out-of-context. That idea is both genius and stupid at the same time, Goku, I am impressed. "Where the hell are you gonna find that many Senzu beans?" Krillin, where else? Both times someone said they wanted to let people know something, and both times I said "CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES". Shin, you ignorant. Zamasu isn't coming back, dude. The ol' switcheroo. HE'S GOT A THEORY~. That's some serious bantz you delivered there, Bulma. FLCL being promoted on the schedule one week early? Iggy talking? The Chimera Ant King's voice actor still not leaking yet? WHAT IS EVEN GOING ON IN THIS SCHEDULE. For once, Goku actually has the right idea. And yet he's also the fault for everything bad that happens in this show. PEAS AND CARROTS~. You appear to be under the impression that Zamasu was that good of a guy to begin with. GOKU'S GONNA BEAT SOME ASS. Vegeta, meanwhile, is too strong for this shit. RUN FATBOY RUN. Don't be dicks, soldier bros. Show me these survivors, if they exist as you claim. WAZAAAAAAAAP. Gowasu, you fool, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Don't drink the tea, it's obviously poisoned. DRAGONBALL Z KAI - That was a surprisingly shorter recap than normal, that means shit's 'bout to go down. THANKS FOR THE SPOILER, NARRATOR. And now for some backstory courtesy of Kibito Kai. Western Supreme Kai is pretty cute for someone who doesn't have hair covering her entire head. Is it wrong that I think Babidi is more pleasant to look at than Bibidi? I'm surprised the Kai planet has more terrain than just grassland. What a shame, the female Kai was killed first. Is that a Z Sword I see? MY ARM, MY JUTSU! One can only wonder how different things would be were the rest of those Kai still alive. SUPER SWOLE. Slicin' and dicin' lik it ain't nobody' business. And that's how we got the Buu we all know and... I wouldn't say love, but compared to the others, it might as well be. Thanks, Vegeta. Thegeta. Heeeeeee's going to destroy the planet. Do you not see that he doesn't care about that, Goku? AND THE SUPREME KAI FUCKS UP YET AGAIN. Oh well, at least Mr. Satan and Dende are still alive, and that's what really matters. Remember when Goku was smarter about certain things than Vegeta? Whoever came up with the idea for this Truth or Dare movie deserves to be taken out behind a shed and shot in the head with a pump-action rifle for thinking literally anyone would enjoy this schlock. Special effects won't get you out of this one, Mr. Satan. Though he does have a point about the Kais being too weak to handle Buu themselves. And then Mr. Satan was Akira Toriyama. That's our Satan. Turns out rescuing Dende was useful after all. Fuck you, Elder Kai. Does Vegeta know that Goku bribed Elder Kai with nudes of Bulma 20 episodes or so ago? Well, I guess he doesn't need to, he's pissed off enough already. "Quick bickering about your wives and get over here right now!" Doing Beerus's job for him, and with an even pettier attitude than the Destroyer God himself. Oh good, Krillin and Yamcha made it to Otherworld in one piece. Well fuck you too Buu, I can't wait for Goku to kill you dead. I can't remember the first time I heard of FLCL, let alone my first time actually watching it, but it served as one of the biggest inspirations for that original anime idea of mine that I bothered the lot of you that were around from 2007 to 2011 to hell and back with, and that's what truly matters. COUNTDOWN REPLAY - I still can't get over the "Kuroneko" namedrop. That corrupt file image is very nostalgic for me. You gotta love stock footage from the TCM vault. Well that escalated quickly. "I can't say what will happen, when it'll happen, and how many people will die; just know that we're in this together." Mood lighting it is not, but I wouldn't blame you for thinking that it is. JOESTAR SECRET TECHNIQUE, ACTIVATE! Time travel is confusing as fuck. My dad laughed at the "quit saying TOM and future" line. Never trust intimidating-looking nebulae. So SARA's basically become Buu, then. Every day is Saturday with you, TOM. Clydes really are pointless, aren't they. There's a reason the first TOM 5 era ones only lasted for one bumper. Time travel is still confusing as fuck. You're a robot, TOM, you don't need to write this stuff down. That's what I'd tell my younger self if he were to see me now, that I'm older and sadder. Welp, there goes Earth. GODDAMN YOU ALL TO HELL. It disturbs me to look at corrupted SARA more than it does any of the Intruders. That baby sand worm sure knows its way around the ship. And that's how he got all that battle damage. "I don't wanna go back to the way it was with just me. Hell, even Flash and D would be preferable to being alone." THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP PREVAILS. And then she self-destructed. At least he gets to keep both his legs. I miss their weekly banter already. Sucks to be Future TOM. JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: STARDUST CRUSADERS - It feels so good to rewatch this in English, even if the Japanese version was just as much fun. I really enjoy these two's interactions. You can really feel the embarrassment in Avdol's voice. That's the power of magnetism baby. [puts on yaoi goggles] So many snot-nosed kids being exposed to homosexuality. Hell hath no fury like a horny grandma scorned. DO A BARREL ROLL. And a trap it was. WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE. IT'S HEEEEEEEERE! TRAIN-KUN! It's like that whole "killing five people to save one" dilemma, only ten times more exciting. Just in case you were too stupid to get the pun. "I did it! I ended part 3 early!" Everyone give Avdol a thumbs-up for his quick thinking. I love the look on Magician's Red's face. BREAST INFLATION NO JUTSU. Oh boo, it's just nuts and bolts. Only a coward would use the Joestar Secret Technique without having another strategy to pull out right after. What I'd give to have that mapmaking ability. Meanwhile, Jotaro and Polnareff are still completely unaware. Major Douche Canoe. [salutes] Noooo not the diamond ring. Come to think of it, this music sounds awfully hardcore rock for JoJo. MY BIIIIIIIKE. Look out! Still not how you pronounce Bastet, dub. TRUCK-SAAAAAAN. Watch out for the copper wire, Joseph. QUOTE FROM MY DAD: "Yowza!" Angel's exact thoughts on Joseph right here. Though I can't blame her, Dio Brando is a sexy man, no homo. Out-strategizing the strategizer, I like it. Free at last, free at last. He's taking full advantage of that mirror. All in all, it was one eventful early morning. SHIT COUNT: 5. Yesssss perfect. Jotaro has the right idea, you should take tips from him, Pol. This guy doesn't need to be an enemy STAND user to be instantly untrustworthy. Could this new Avengers movie be the reason why the second Guardians of the Galaxy is apparently more terrifying than the first? MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS - If they don't arrest McGillis's "dad" for having a rotating harem of boy-whores, I'mma be legit annoyed. At least this guy isn't being 100% assholish. I still can't get over all the graffiti in the Isaribi's main bridge. Very Toonami of it. Even Tekkadan is starting to lose faith in McGillis. That idea sounds crazy enough... to get us all killed! Yeah. "Questioning". Don't be an idiot, Dante. But are you the criminal kings of Mars? That's what I wanna know. Iok sucks so hard, even Rustal doesn't trust him with everything. And so the plot to get back at Tekkadan for jewing the show out of a Japanese-language broadcast on American TV enters the beginning stages. DO NOT BULLI. At least Atra and Kudelia are doing just fine. Hush has finally accepted his fate as the world's most awkward third wheel. Mika wants some of those flowers for himself. Financial troubles are bound to be the true ruin of this organization. Good, Nobliss Gordon sucks! The dude tried to kill you several times, there's no reason for you to keep trusting that fat bastard with the welfare of your assets. I'd have assumed he thought she'd cut all ties before the nastiness went down. TIME FOR AN EMERGENCY MEETING. I was gonna make a joke about the severance packages being named after Takaki, but seeing how there isn't much money to put into those packages, forget that I ever planned on joking about that. I don't know if this was the series' first S-bomb or not, but good on Gay Dandy Jr. for being the one to deliver it. And then he bought a sentient vacuum cleaner and left to explore the vast reaches of space. Hmm, didn't expect the big guy to have that much baggage. We call that feeling "sadness". You know what they say, once you go black, you don't go back. Speaking of sex, you heard that right, Mikazuki and Atra did the nasty and they're gonna have a child. Hugging girls is the best feeling, no creepo. Atra wants in on summa dat hugging action. Damn straight Kudelia wants Mika's babies, those big-ass hips are just asking for it. Truly the greatest Gundam OT3. Barbatos likes to watch. You drive an extremely hard bargain, Rustal. It's amazing all this is just because you missed a week you weren't supposed to take off. And now for the twist of the knife. SHIT COUNT: 2. Color me surprised if they actually pull out an F-bomb for the final episode. TEKKADAN WON'T EVER BE CANCELED, TEKKADAN WON'T BE DISMANTLED, TEKKADAN GONNA BE TOGETHER, TEKKADAN GONNA BE FOREVER. Smart idea you've got there, Kudelia. As to be expected from the master accountant. It feels weird, hearing them call her "Miss" Atra. Those damned Gjallarhorn rats severed their phone cables! And also whatever they're doing on the outskirts of Tekkadan's property lines. REPLY TO ANGEL 1: "Ohhhh y'all are beyond fucked." You sure are saying "y'all" a lot today. BLACK CLOVER - Damn Yuno, your ears look huge in that shot. Oh hey, she actually hit where she was aiming that time. The good thing about this One Piece-length previous episode recap is that I get to comment on all the stuff I failed to last week. That impact still gets me. You know you're dealing with a sakuga episode when the smoke effects are more fluid than usual. "And my organs..." JOESTAR SECRET TECHNIQUE, BUT WITH A TRAIN! I'm not surprised Noelle's tired after running for so far, she is royalty, after all. Something tells me Luck's gonna go and find himself another fight. That's fucked up, Diamond Kingdom, and yet it's even more proof that this show's just ripping off Naruto whenever they're too lazy to rip off literally anything else. KILLER TIEBACK NO JUTSU. Too bad for him, his opponent knows the Conspicuous CGI Clone Jutsu. Meanwhile, Yuno's having the fear of someone stronger drilled into him. Apparently all it takes is a memory of kicking Asta's ass to get you back in the game. AND THINK OF THE DEVIL, THERE HE IS. Which do you prefer: padding through filler, or padding through recap? I honestly can't tell if Yuno's lying through his teeth or telling the truth. "You may go now." Sure does suck to be Klaus right about now. I'll be seeing that mineral clone in my nightmares, thank you very much. CHERRYBOY BERSERKER. REPLY TO ANGEL 2: "Oh yeah, let the girl with no ability to aim protect you, that'll work out great." I dunno, her aim's actually been getting better lately, if only because of a lucky charm she bought in the black market. Put your ankles in it, Asta! And swing that bat while you're at it too! Oh boy am I a sucker for sakuga or WHAT. Clearly he was endowed by the good kind of bad luck; the kind that's bad for others and not so much yourself. That is one ridiculously designed suit of diamond armor, I'm sorry. Friendly reminder that Asta is FUCKING JACKED. A pebble can cause some major damage if thrown hard enough and with the right amount of accuracy. That boy's willpower defies all reason. VICTORY SCREECH! Look, I appreciate watching cookies bake in speed motion as much as the next guy, but the fart noises are a little much. HUNTER x HUNTER - "I can't compete, not with those muscles!" Okay, this got a little gayer than I was expecting, this dub really does know what it's doing. JIKAN DESU. I declare bankruptcy! Harmless and indestructible: the deadliest of combinations. Oh boy, it's exposition time! Potential Aura Output Potential... sounds redundant. SO MANY NUMBERS. Welp, Gon's dead. Is that the Rocket Mortgage Rocket? I understand that math! BEWARE THE IRS. GET YOUR TAXES PAID TODAY! He sure loves calling him "fool". DORA ORA ORA ORA. Huh, surprise music video with closed captions. That's... a thing. "What the hell is that?" Green aura, duh. One floating hand, I can buy, but three? That's just too much. Ironically, that cage is going to be his most important weapon. H-HAYAI! Fuck you, Illumi. Oh no, his face is all staticky now. Screw the yo-yos, I'm going in dry! FUCK YOU ILLUMI. We about to meet the king soon? NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - It's probably just that both shows share a character designer, but Sai's face is making me think he wouldn't be out of place in an episode of Ghost in the Shell. Loyalty has never sounded so creepy before. I already miss the OP. This black kid is soooooo Jaden Smith. Don't worry, that rock wasn't what caused that giant crater. Sweet Ninja Jesus, how many Hyugas are there even? "Here's your rock that destroyed the village." You say that like your takeover is a permanent one. Clearly Danzo is a name you want to satay very far away from. I wouldn't touch the King's buns, even if you paid me. Wendy's, on the other hand... I'd listen to Kakashi if I were you two. Danzo's clearly sour about Naruto's sudden popularity. That curse mark looks like a tire tread. "I can tell you the stuff about him that isn't classified, though." SUDDENLY CLOUD NINJA. Whoa, sudden overreaction! He did that because the truth about his brother fucked him up something fierce. "Hey hey hey." I love the way he said he has powers beyond comprehension. BLUNDER OF THE YEAR. "Relax, it's only Zetsu." So that's what they meant by "everything he knows about Danzo", even though they're referring to Sasuke here. Sakura, you're such a crybaby. I'm not gonna complain about Naruto running off with them, especially considering Angel's doing the complaining for all of us right now. Fuck yeah, a Mind Game advert. I'm so adding that to my Amazon Wish List. SPACE DANDY - Four years later and this episode is still my all-time favorite, in both Japanese and English. GITS:SAC 2ND GIG - I watched the Japanese version along with everything else last week, and I could hardly tell who was saying what in the opening moments. So it feels good to have the dub back. Quick question: have we ever actually seen the Major eat anything before this episode? Because I don't think we have. What does Muhammad Ali have to do with world power? Unless she's talking about the other Cassius Clay... The whole multi-story underground base idea is one that heavily appeals to me. Sideburns dude has surprisingly comical facial reactions for a show as unexaggerated as GITS. I could've sworn those two sex robots were naked the first time I saw them. I can't even imagine what the deal with that guy in Goda's office is. SUBTITLES PLS. So what was the fabricate fog in the episode title referring to again?

That was back when Demarco actually put effort into his pick-ups.

The suicide at the end was a little much, personally, but it couldn't have happened any other way, considering the content of his note.

Asta's sword is meant for magic first, humans second. That, and I don't remember it ever being used as anything besides a blunt object, so yeah, broken bones and ruptured organs sounds about right. Hey, when you're Nishi and you just came back to live five seconds before you died by sheer willpower, you can do aaaaaanything you want. (Also it's a Masaaki Yuasa film, so it's not like it's trying to be realistic. ) Myon drank her milk when she was younger like a good girl, while Yang had to have hers given to her mixed with her food, like with Nishi. Hence the lacking chest size. What I loved about that was how the pronunciation of that name varied from person to person. ("Les?" "Bian." was another good Japanese-language moment, though we'll all prefer "I'm gay" regardless.)